Leader: Drew Lyness

Morning Report: Buckenham Marshes – Wigeon Saturday! By Kathy Blake

Sixteen members of the club headed to Buckenham Marshes on a crisp, cold but beautiful morning under the splendid leadership of Drew Lyness of the RSPB. The low winter sun lit the landscape exquisitely and the photographers among the group had a field day. Visibility was great and we could clearly see Cantley sugar beet factory three miles away. 

By Cath Robinson

The Bird Count often comes up with some new challenges: Covid stopped it for a while; we had floods last year and this year we had ice and it hardly got above freezing all day. A lot of standing water was frozen after a prolonged period of very cold temperatures, so it was a challenge to find wildfowl. Last year there was so much water they could be anywhere and this year there was so little they were just as hard to find!

Leader: Sue Gale
Report: Kathy Blake (morning) and Cath Robinson (afternoon)

​18 hardy souls de-iced their windscreens and set off for Mayday
Farm in the Brecks on an icy cold Sunday morning. Layers, gloves
and hats were the order of the day. Any clouds soon disappeared and despite the temperature being only 2oc it really was the most beautiful day with perfect birdwatching conditions; the low winter sun painting the countryside rose gold. At the car park we got our first sightings of what would turn out to be many Crossbills.

Leader: Alan Hughes
Report: Lorraine Taylor (morning) and David Laurie (afternoon)
Bird List: David Laurie

​Although windy and slightly chilly, we arrived at Horsey Windpump in bright sunshine, which we were fortunate to have for the whole morning. In the carpark Linnets were chatting in the tree next to the exit while two Mute Swans were looking for any morsels the humans walking by the dyke might throw to them.